500 Nations

[cloudy]

For anyone that's interested, I thought I'd let y'all know that on the Discovery channel, they're showing "500 Nations" - it'll be on until early evening, and it's a history of North America, pre-colonial.

 

[CharleyH]

For anyone that's interested, I thought I'd let y'all know that on the Discovery channel, they're showing "500 Nations" - it'll be on until early evening, and it's a history of North America, pre-colonial.

Well, do tell more for us sans-cable people. I thought it was called The Hundred Nations?

 

[cloudy]

Well, do tell more for us sans-cable people. I thought it was called The Hundred Nations?

500 Nations

(I'm seriously thinking about ordering the DVD set - it's that good)

Episode ONE - SERIES PROLOGUE
WOUNDED KNEE LEGACY & THE ANCESTORS

Explore three early North American cultures in THE ANCESTORS, the first in the series 500 NATIONS. Tour the 800-room Pueblo Bonito in the arid southwest, view the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, and visit Cahokia, the largest city in the U.S. before 1800.

Episode TWO - MEXICO

Follow the dramatic and tragic history of the Mexican Indian nations from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization. Witness the rise and fall of the Toltecs and the growth of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec city of an empire.

Episode THREE - CLASH OF CULTURES

Explore the conflict between indigenous peoples and Spanish expeditions in the Caribbean and the southeastern U.S. As native nations defy a plundering advance by outsiders, they are subject to two unconquerable weapons: muskets...and disease.

Episode FOUR - INVASION OF THE COAST

As more foreigners arrive in North America, tensions rise as native peoples lives are impacted. At Jamestown, the story of the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas, unfolds. Thanksgiving at Plymouth leads to the bloodiest of colonial Indian wars in 1675.

Episode FIVE - CAULDRON OF WAR

Europe fights to control American resources, turning Indian homelands into a "Cauldron of War." Many indigenous nations side with the French but when the defeated country leaves its Indian allies vulnerable determined leader, Pontiac, rises to prominence.

Episode SIX - REMOVAL

Follow the Trail of Tears as Native Americans are displaced even as they adopt American ways. Shawnee leader Tecumseh sparks a return to traditional ways but The Indian Removal Act becomes law in 1830. Many stoically accept; others resist.

Episode SEVEN - ROADS ACROSS THE PLAINS

Native tribes of the Great Plains watched their lifestyles end as American settlers extinguished huge buffalo herds. Though native leaders pursue a path of peace it is met with tragedy at Sand Creek. The massacre suffers severe repercussions.

Episode EIGHT - ATTACK ON CULTURE

The final episode of this mini series explores the legislative attack on native ways, including the disbanding of communal land. Today, the renewal of native cultures reminds us of the glory of America's original people and the hardships they endured.

 

[rgraham666]

Sigh. Going to have to miss it. Like Charley, sans cable.

Not sure I want to know much about the Aztecs though. I try to be understanding, but they were far too bloodthirsty a people for me.

On his accesion (the monarch) was recognised, in a chilling formulary, as 'Our lord, our executioner, our enemy', an exact representation of his power over his subjects, some of whom, purchased infants or slaves, were destined to ritual and bloody sacrifice in his presence' I. Clendinnen, Aztecs, Cambridge, 1991 pp. 87-88

One of their principal rituals was called 'The Feast of The Flaying of Men.' I won't go into details.

Don't feel good about what happened to the Aztecs, not sure I miss them either.

 

[minsue]

I may just have to order that, Cloudy.

 

[CharleyH]

500 Nations

(I'm seriously thinking about ordering the DVD set - it's that good)

Forward by Kevin Costner? And you want me to take it seriously!

Before I edited, I had said:I know. However, I wanted to spur you on to post more! So I edited/deleted my little aside.

So talk, damn you! I thought it was the 100 nations :|

 

[minsue]

Before I edited, I had said:I know. However, I wanted to spur you on to post more! So I edited/deleted my little aside.

I love your posts, Charley